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Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler Affair (Hardcover)

by Annie Machon (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 387 pages
  • Publisher: Book Guild Ltd (10 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185776952X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857769524
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 317,028 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Not only examines the crimes and misdemeanours of M15 and M16 over the last decade, it goes on to show how our intelligence community should be reformed to protect us effectively from modern threats such as Al Qaeda.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars more anti mi5 revelations from insiders, 3 Aug 2005
By adrian "leopardman6969" (staffordshire) - See all my reviews
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This goes into greater detail than before on David Shayler and partner Annie Machon and their time as MI5 officers. Info on anti IRA operations,MI6's support for an Al Qaeda affiliate group in trying to assassinate Libya's Gaddaffi,investigations into a British journalist etc. I liked the fact that the structure of parts of the old F branch for counter subversion,T branch for counter terrorism and G branch for non Irish terrorism were given in greater detail than I've seen before. I loved it.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars knowledgeable, revealing and exhausively detailed, 25 Nov 2005
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A knowledgeable, revealing and exhausively detailed tome, which chronicles the experiences of the author and her partner, both highly respected, former high-ranking officers working at the frontline within Britain's intelligence community. A number of high-profile issues and cases of considerable public and political importance are discussed, and a range of thought-provoking suggestions are put forward about how both the defence of people and communities can be strengthened, and democratic accountability can be improved within government and the services.
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14 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent insiders' account of how badly MI5 and MI6 protect us, 16 Sep 2006
By William Podmore (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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In this remarkable book, Annie Machon makes serious allegations against the British state's intelligence services, MI5 and MI6. Ms Machon and her partner David Shayler are former high-ranking MI5 officers, both now retired from the service. The book's allegations derive from their experiences and deserve at least to be the subject of inquiry.

She asserts that MI5 has illegally investigated thousands of British citizens for their political views; that there was collusion between the Army Forces Research Unit and loyalist terrorists; that MI5 failed to stop four major terrorist attacks in Britain, even though it had reliable evidence; and that MI5 and MI6 let a known Libyan terrorist into Britain and let him set up a terrorist network here.

She alleges that MI6's counter-Iranian section used the Sunday Telegraph (and the journalists Con Coughlin, John Simpson and Dominic Lawson) to try to blame Iran for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the destruction of flight PA103. MI6 was trying to deflect attention from the fact that it was actually a Libyan retaliation for the US bombing of Tripoli (backed by Thatcher) in 1986.

The book's most significant allegation is that MI6 illegally paid tens of thousands of pounds to Al-Qa'ida in 1995-96 to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi and seize power in Libya. In the attempted coup, several innocent civilians and security police were killed. If this is true, MI6, a British state agency, sponsored our terrorist enemies in a conspiracy to murder, which resulted in the killing of innocent civilians.

But Blair refuses to hear any evidence against the intelligence services, and prosecutes and harasses critics and whistleblowers. The Intelligence and Security Committee, set up under the 1994 Intelligence Services Act to oversee the services, is no use, because it is appointed by and reports only to the Prime Minister.

The intelligence services should work under the rule of law and respect democratic rights. Terrorist suspects should be arrested and brought to trial under criminal law, not detained, or executed, without trial, as has happened in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.

The intelligence services are supposed to protect us, but it would appear that they have instead connived in terrorism, putting us at greater risk of terrorist attack.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I was very disappointed with this book. Sadly, the book came across, to me, as being a constant 'put down' to the British secret services and those who work within it. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsory reading for espionage fans
Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers - does what it says on the tin.
Compulsory reading for anyone with an espionage interest, this book provides a unique window into a closed... Read more
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